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Evaluation of a Balance-recovery Specific Falls Prevention Exercise Program

NCT00187317 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 37

Last updated 2010-04-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to investigate the potential to train compensatory stepping and grasping reactions for the prevention of falls.

Conditions

  • Accidental Falls

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Balance training (exercise)

Perturbation-based balance training. 30-minute sessions three times per week for six weeks.

OTHER

Flexibility and relaxation exercise

30-minute sessions, three times per week for six weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian Maki, PhD, PEng · Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre; University of Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
64 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-11-30
Primary Completion
2007-03-31
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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